Maintaining a positive, successful mindset is part of the foundations of a long-term, profitable online marketing business. If you have been around for a while online, or have done your research, you will know that this is a must for online success. A quality business programme or online mentor will always cover this within their training.

Please don't misunderstand what I'm driving at here.

This is not just a case of 'staying positive', or believing that you will be successful, simply because you keep on repeating it to yourself.

It runs a little deeper than this but please just stick with me for a moment while I explain. You need to maintain a successful, abundant mindset.

I apologise for the bad language, but if you still have a JOB and are trading your time for money, then imagine this situation.

There are 5 candidates all with the same qualifications and similar experience but only one position available.

If any of those candidates walk in to the interview room with a mindset that is not focused on abundance and success, their chances will be drastically reduced.

The candidate who walks into the room with a mindset and confidence about them that says that the job is already theirs, won't necessarily get the job but they stand a far better chance.

To put it another way, the outcome of a situation is largely governed by your mindset and expectations of that situation.

If we bring this back to the internet marketing industry, it becomes clear why the vast majority of marketers fail - I've seen the figure 95% banded about a lot and from my experience of observing others it sounds about right, so lets stick with that figure.

The majority of people who come into the internet marketing or network marketing industry have never had any experience of running their own business before. It is an industry of business owners pursued by people who have no experience of running their own business!

This is what people forget to take in to account. Coming in to this industry and succeeding takes commitment and changing your mindset to that of building a successful business.

Make sure you are committed to developing and maintaining an abundant mindset of success to ensure your online business provides you with the fruits of what you set out to achieve.

Ed Hodgson is a successful online marketer and online marketing coach with the Turn-Key Marketing Group , an online income coaching club that places great emphasis on developing a focused business mindset. Go to his site for a free report on online marketing and access to his free online marketing course .